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Public Act 095-0818
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AN ACT concerning elections.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Election Code is amended by changing |
Sections 13-4 and 14-1 as follows:
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(10 ILCS 5/13-4) (from Ch. 46, par. 13-4)
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Sec. 13-4. Qualifications.
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(a) All persons elected or chosen judge of election must: |
(1) be
citizens of the United States and entitled to vote at |
the next election,
except as provided in subsection (b);
(2) be |
of good repute and character and not subject to the |
registration requirement of the Sex Offender Registration Act; |
(3) be able to speak, read and write
the English language; (4) |
be skilled in the four fundamental rules of
arithmetic; (5) be |
of good understanding and capable; (6) not be candidates
for |
any office at the election and not be elected committeemen; and |
(7)
reside in the precinct in which they are selected to act, |
except that in
each precinct, not more than one judge of each |
party may be appointed from
outside such precinct. Any judge |
selected to serve in any precinct in which
he is not entitled |
to vote must reside within and be entitled to vote
elsewhere |
within the county which encompasses the precinct in which such
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judge is appointed. Such judge must meet the other |
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qualifications of this
Section.
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(b) An election authority may establish a program to permit |
a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an |
election judge if,
as of the date of the election at which the |
person serves as a judge,
he or she:
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(1) is a U.S. citizen;
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(2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public |
or private secondary
school;
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(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to |
at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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(4) has the written approval of the principal of the |
secondary school he
or she attends at the time of |
appointment;
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(5) has the written approval of his or her parent or |
legal guardian;
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(6) has satisfactorily completed the training course |
for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1 and |
13-2.2; and
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(7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and |
service as an
election judge.
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No more than one election judge qualifying under this |
subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to |
appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must |
certify
in writing to the election authority the political |
party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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Students appointed as election judges under this |
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subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
day they serve as judges.
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(Source: P.A. 91-352, eff. 1-1-00.)
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(10 ILCS 5/14-1) (from Ch. 46, par. 14-1)
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Sec. 14-1. (a) The board of election commissioners |
established
or existing under Article 6 shall, at the time and |
in the
manner provided in Section 14-3.1, select and choose 5 |
persons,
men or women, as judges of election for each precinct |
in such
city, village or incorporated town.
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Where neither voting machines nor electronic, mechanical |
or
electric voting systems are used, the board of election
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commissioners may, for any precinct with respect to which the
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board considers such action necessary or desirable in view of
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the number of voters, and shall for general elections for any
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precinct containing more than 600 registered voters, appoint
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addition to the 5 judges of election a team of 5 tally judges.
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In such precincts the judges of election shall preside over the
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election during the hours the polls are open, and the tally
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judges, with the assistance of the holdover judges designated
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pursuant to Section
14-5.2, shall count the vote after the |
closing of the polls.
The tally judges shall possess the same |
qualifications and
shall be appointed in the same manner and |
with the same division
between political parties as is provided |
for judges of election.
The foregoing provisions relating to |
the appointment of tally
judges are inapplicable in counties |
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with a population of
1,000,000 or more.
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(b) To qualify as judges the persons must:
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(1) be citizens of the United States;
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(2) be of good repute and character and not subject to |
the registration requirement of the Sex Offender |
Registration Act;
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(3) be able to speak, read and write the English |
language;
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(4) be skilled in the 4 fundamental rules of |
arithmetic;
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(5) be of good understanding and capable;
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(6) not be candidates for any office at the election |
and not
be elected committeemen;
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(7) reside and be entitled to vote in the precinct in |
which
they are selected to serve, except that in each |
precinct not
more than one judge of each party may be |
appointed from outside
such precinct. Any judge so |
appointed to serve in any precinct
in which he is not |
entitled to vote must be entitled to vote
elsewhere within |
the county which encompasses the precinct in
which such |
judge is appointed and such judge must otherwise
meet the |
qualifications of this Section.
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(c) An election authority may establish a program to permit |
a person who
is not entitled to vote
to be appointed as an |
election judge if, as of the date of the election at
which the |
person serves as a judge, he or she:
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(1) is a U.S. citizen;
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(2) is a senior in good standing enrolled in a public |
or private secondary
school;
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(3) has a cumulative grade point average equivalent to |
at least 3.0 on a
4.0 scale;
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(4) has the written approval of the principal of the |
secondary school he
or she attends at the time of |
appointment;
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(5) has the written approval of his or her parent or |
legal guardian;
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(6) has satisfactorily completed the training course |
for judges of
election
described in Sections 13-2.1, |
13-2.2, and 14-4.1; and
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(7) meets all other qualifications for appointment and |
service as an
election judge.
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No more than one election judge qualifying under this |
subsection may serve
per political party per precinct.
Prior to |
appointment, a judge qualifying under this subsection must |
certify
in writing to the election authority the political |
party the judge chooses to
affiliate with.
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Students appointed as election judges under this |
subsection
shall not be counted as absent from school on the |
day they serve as judges.
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(d) The board of election commissioners may select 2 |
additional
judges of election, one from each of the major |
political parties,
for each 200 voters in excess of 600 in any |